Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 871, Northern Zhili Agriculture Under Capitalization

"The error is smaller than a hair?"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Ren Siheng immediately felt a lot of pressure. Isn't this too demanding?

Then Ren Siheng began to ponder, how to carry out standardized, unified, and quality-oriented management and production?

"Let's go~"

Liu Jin looked at Ren Siheng who was in deep thought, smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao.

"Live and learn, learning is everywhere."

"I always thought that production was not as good as creation, but now it seems that may not be the case."

"It's not difficult to produce one piece or two pieces. If we can produce one thousand pieces, ten thousand pieces, or one hundred thousand pieces, and it can be unified and standardized, that's quite remarkable."

Zhu Houzhao sighed as he walked. Thinking of producing thousands of identical parts, he also felt that this was a difficult task, and it would not be much easier than developing a new machine.

"Yeah, it's hard to invent new machines, and it's also hard to mass-produce quality machines on a large scale. Everything is not easy."

Liu Jin smiled and nodded, then thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, we haven't rode out for a long time, why don't we go out for a ride together?"

"Okay, I'm a little bored too, I just want to go out and have fun."

Zhu Houzhao nodded immediately. When it comes to playing, it is naturally his strong point.

Soon, the two of them rode tall horses and began to play around the outskirts of the capital.

At this time, it is March in Yangchun, which is a good time for outing. All things are revived, full of vitality, and the earth is rejuvenated and thriving. In this era without industrial pollution, there are scenery everywhere.

The two rode horses very casually, aimlessly, walking casually, chatting while walking.

"Father is also true. He didn't let me go to the Western Regions, and even made people guard me strictly. If I knew that the Western Expedition was so exciting, I would participate in it no matter what."

Zhu Houzhao was most interested in military affairs, and Liu Jin also told him about the Western Expedition in detail.

Zhu Houzhao was so passionate and excited, he wished he could come to the scene in person and be a soldier who charged into battle.

"Haha, Your Highness is still very young, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"The world is very big, and there are some very powerful countries in this world, such as the Ottoman Empire in Central Asia. This is an extremely powerful empire with very strong military strength, and it is also a large country with a vast territory."

"In addition, further west, there are many countries in Europe. These countries may not be strong individually, but they are still very powerful when they are combined."

"When our Ming Dynasty has gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region, then we will use the Hezhong and the Western Regions as our bridgeheads, and we can go all the way west, all the way to Europe."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

Now Ming is very powerful, has already dominated the entire East, and at the same time occupied Australia and the Golden Continent one step ahead. In the future, there are only two threats and competitions to Ming, one is the Ottoman Empire, and the other is the Europeans.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was the most powerful period in its history. Its force was so strong that it relied on its own strength to fight against the entire Christian world. It blocked the land exchanges between the East and the West on land and destroyed the powerful Persian Safi Dynasty; on the sea, the fleet of the Ottoman Empire swept across the Mediterranean, and the Italians had to do business secretly.

This is a powerful and aggressive empire, definitely a formidable enemy.

As for the Europeans, let alone the rapidly rising Russian principality in Eastern Europe, which has got rid of the rule of the Kipchak Khanate, is full of desire and ambition for external expansion.

Not to mention Western Europe, which experienced the Renaissance and began to get rid of the ignorant feudal rule of the Middle Ages. Their power expanded and became stronger just like their ambitions and desires.

In the future, whether on land or at sea, the Europeans will inevitably be Ming's strongest enemy. Last year, contradictions and conflicts had already occurred on the east coast of the Golden Continent.

"That's good, I'm afraid that when I become emperor, there will be no strong enemies from now on!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he grinned happily and said.

"..."

Liu Jin was speechless immediately, Emperor Hongzhi will definitely be pissed off by you, that is, you are the only son, if there is another son, he will definitely strangle you to death.

There is no one who speaks like this. It is estimated that only Zhu Houzhao, the prince, dared to speak like this since ancient times.

The princes of the past dynasties, which one is not trembling and cautious, even if they are impatient to wait in their hearts, they still have to hope that their father can live long, long live, long live.

Fortunately, he just said how, how, how he is the emperor.

The hardest prince in history is well-deserved!

Liu Jin was speechless, and the court guards who were in charge of protecting Zhu Houzhao hurriedly pretended not to hear anything. Only Zhu Houzhao dared to say such outrageous words.

"There is a steam cultivator!"

Liu Jin looked around, and found a steam cultivator plowing the land, emitting black smoke, in a field.

"Go, take a look~"

Zhu Houzhao laughed immediately, and rode towards the field.

Soon, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao got closer and closer to the steam tiller, and they could clearly see that there were many spectators around the steam tiller. Just plow it.

"Tsk tsk, this steam engine cultivator is really powerful. Everyone is unwilling to plant land for those landlords. I thought that no one would farm land. This landlord's field is about to panic. I didn't expect such a powerful cultivator to come out. Plowing land faster than ten oxen."

"Isn't it? Ten oxen may not have this speed, not to mention plowing so deep."

"It's useless to turn over the field. This kind of land is not just as simple as turning over the field. There are many things to do with this kind of wheat. You can't use machines for weeding."

"With this machine for plowing the land, maybe there will be a machine for weeding in the future, and there will be a machine for harvesting wheat."

"Yeah, yeah, maybe there will be all kinds of machines in the future. In this kind of land, you no longer have to face the loess and back to the sky, but drive the machine around."

Liu Jin couldn't help laughing while listening to the melon-eating crowd watching the excitement discussing the steam cultivator.

There are people who can see the future trend of agricultural development. Sure enough, the ancients will never be stupider than the later generations, just because of the amount of knowledge and knowledge.

"Maybe you don't know, Landlord Li's field is not going to grow wheat, but to grow cotton."

At this time, someone else said.

"Growing cotton?"

"What good is this kind of cotton? This kind of wheat is good. How delicious are these white flour steamed buns. What is the use of cotton? It can only be used to make quilts."

Someone said hastily.

"Ouch~"

"You only know how to eat white flour steamed buns, what else do you know?"

"Do you know how high the price of cotton is now?"

"This catty of cotton is many times more expensive than your catty of wheat. The large and small textile factories in the capital do not know how much cotton they need every day."

"Do you still remember the end of last year? The price of cotton has skyrocketed, but the price of white flour has been falling year after year, and the price of grain is getting lower and lower."

"Master Li is such a shrewd man. He has so many fields. How could he grow wheat? A fool would grow wheat instead of cotton."

"Not only Mr. Li, but also Mr. Wang, Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhang, etc. around, are almost all planning to grow cotton. This kind of cotton is relatively simpler. Once the land is plowed, it will be easier to grow cotton."

"Everyone is rushing to the good price of cotton. Although cotton from the Western Regions has come in and the price has dropped a bit, the price of cotton is still high. Growing cotton is much more cost-effective than growing wheat."

"But the wheat can't be eaten. This guy grows cotton. We'll eat and drink whatever we want in the future. If there's another famine at that time, it's really over."

"You're still the same as before~"

"The transportation in our northern Zhili is so convenient now. The cement roads to the south, west, and outside the pass have all been repaired, extending in all directions. A four-wheeled carriage can bring thousands of catties of grain over."

"There is also a port like Tianjin, where a shipment of rice from Nanyang or white noodles from Liaodong comes here. Are you afraid that you will lose a few catties of food you eat?"

"No matter how bad it is, you still have a lot of sweet potatoes and corn in your house. Eating sweet potatoes and corn is enough for you to eat, and you still worry about starvation."

"Didn't you see that the price of grain has been falling again and again in the past few years?"

"We used to eat two meals a day, and we could only eat half full. Now we eat three meals a day, and every meal is full, with side dishes, and even some meat and salted fish from time to time. "

"From now on, we know that there is so much food that we can't finish it. Didn't you read the newspaper that said that the food produced by our Ming Dynasty last year is enough for our people to eat for three years."

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao listened carefully to the discussions of these people around them, and let Liu Jin hear some useful things from them.

"Is this considered agricultural development under capitalization?"

"In the past, wheat was grown. In order to meet the food demand, now that food is guaranteed and the price continues to drop, everyone has begun to pursue cotton with better profits."

"Fortunately, Daming has a vast land and rich resources, plus there are Liaodong, Nanyang, and sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes brought back from the Americas. Otherwise, if Daming really develops capitalization and industrialization, there will definitely be cotton cannibalism. Or the phenomenon of sheep cannibalizing people."

Liu Jin couldn't help thinking in his heart that Beizhili was considered the fastest-growing and most influential area, and it finally affected the agriculture of Beizhili.

　The past few days are going crazy. First, Dabao has a cold and illness and has not recovered. He cries all day long and wants me to hold him all the time. Then Xiaobao catches a cold and has a stuffy nose. He can’t sleep at night. He is only two months old and can only cry. , I can only hug at night, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] am, and then my wife has a cold and a stuffy nose. I am really going crazy!

　　
　
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